Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act
Latest action. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Title I: Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area - Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act - (Sec. 104) Establishes the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area in Georgia.
(Sec. 105) Designates the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance as the local coordinating entity for the Area. Allows the entity, for developing and implementing the management plan, to use federal funds to make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, states and their political subdivisions, and private organizations. Prohibits the entity from using federal funds to acquire real property or an interest in real property.
(Sec. 106) Requires the entity to submit a management plan for the Area to the Secretary of the Interior that incorporates an integrated and cooperative approach to protect, interpret, and enhance the natural, cultural, historical, scenic, and recreational resources of the Area. Requires the plan to be based on the preferred concept in the document entitled "Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Feasibility Study." Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance to develop and implement the plan.
(Sec. 108) Specifies the effect of this title on certain authorities for occupational safety, conservation, and environmental regulations and land use regulations.
(Sec. 109) Authorizes appropriations of $10 million. Limits: (1) the funding that may be authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year to $1 million; and (2) the federal share of the cost of any project or activity to 50%.
(Sec. 110) Terminates the authority of the Secretary to provide assistance under this title 15 years after enactment.
(Sec. 111) Sets forth requirements concerning: (1) the preservation, conservation, or promotion of privately owned property by the plan; and (2) the withdrawal of private property from inclusion within the boundary of the Area.
Specifies private property protections.
Title II: Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act Amendments - Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act Amendments of 2005 - (Sec. 202) Amends the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 to designate, upon the termination of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission, the Canal Corridor Association to be the local coordinating entity for the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor. Allows the Association, for preparing and implementing the management plan, to use federal funds to make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, states and their political subdivisions, private organizations, or any person. Prohibits the Association from using federal funds to acquire real property or an interest in real property.
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Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on December 19, 2005. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on January 27, 2006: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 109th Congress (2005-06), 482 of the 10,701 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.5 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
CYNTHIA MCKINNEY (D-GA) introduced it on May 4, 2005, and 2 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 2 Democrats.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 4, 2005, 7799 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 7531 days ago, on January 27, 2006.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 109th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2007 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers